23 Bible Verses about Deceiving Oneself

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?

[He] feeds [on] ashes; a {deceived mind} misleads him. And he cannot save {himself}, and he cannot say, "Is [this] not an illusion in my right hand?"

adulteries, [acts of] greed, malicious [deeds], deceit, licentiousness, {envy}, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.

And you felt secure in your wickedness; you said, "{No one} sees me." Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I [am], and besides me [there is] no one."

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks [himself] to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.

Thus says Yahweh: 'You must not deceive yourselves, {saying}, "Surely the Chaldeans will go from us," for they will not go.

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

For if anyone thinks he is something [although he] is nothing, he is deceiving himself.

But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

that {you have made a fatal mistake}, for you sent me to Yahweh your God, {saying}, 'Pray for us to Yahweh our God, and all that Yahweh our God says, so tell us and we will do [it].'

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

If anyone thinks he is religious, [although he] does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion [is] worthless.

If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,

{Take care} so that your heart is not easily deceived, and you turn away, and you serve other gods, and you bow down to them.

For I hear the rumor of many, "Terror [is] from all around, denounce [him], yes, let us denounce him!" {All my close friends} [are] watchers of my stumbling, [saying], "perhaps he can be persuaded, and we can prevail over him, and we can take our revenge on him."

Let him not trust in emptiness--he will be deceiving himself-- for worthlessness will be his recompense.

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed [me].

Your terror has deceived you, the pride of your heart, [O you who] dwell in the clefts of the rock, [you who] seize [the] height of [the] hill. Though you make your nest high like the eagle, from there I will bring you down," {declares} Yahweh.

But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.

and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other [things] come in [and] choke the word and it becomes unproductive.